Felix Schöfbänker, who used a telescope built to track and photograph satellites, observed phenomena that were “only ...

The Dobsonian telescope design is hugely popular with amateur astronomers. The design was developed in the 1960s by John Dobson, an amateur astronomer who wanted to create an inexpensive and easy ...

In a rare and remarkable achievement, an amateur astronomer from Austria, Felix Schöfbänker, has captured detailed images of ...

Leonid meteor showers will be visible starting about 11 p.m., with the best displays expected just before dawn and peak on ...

But what if you’re using star diagonal or you have a Dobsonian (Newtonian) telescope? We’ve flipped the chart orientations for you! Look below and click on the link for your type of telescope and the ...

Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners announced including nebulae, skyscapes, and more.

A Dobsonian telescope can be put together fairly quickly sometimes using off-the-shelf parts from IKEA.

As the name suggests, this project is based around a Dobsonian-style telescope: Newtonian tube with simple altazimuth base. Aside from the mechanical construction, this system uses an ESP32 as its ...

In the book, the way in which we show objects on the Moon is how they appear using binoculars or the naked eye in the northern hemisphere (this is the same orientation as with a Dobsonian telescope in ...

It was also photographed from New Delhi, India by Sona Shahani Shukla using an 8-inch Skywatcher Flextube Dobsonian telescope. A couple of days later astrophotographer Matt Smith captured a rare ...

Having the best eyepieces for telescopes as part of your night sky watching gear can really take your experience to the next level. If you're a new telescope user, you might be happy using the ...